Chapter 11.4, Problem 43HP

To determine

What should you consider when using a binomial distribution to make a decision?

Answer to Problem 43HP

  $\boxed{\text{Success or Failure}}$

Explanation of Solution

Given information:

What should you consider when using a binomial distribution to make a decision?

Calculation:

The things to be considered as when using a binomial distribution to make a decision, by experiment are,

For example if $80\%$ people of town own mobile phone in whole population but the actual results could be different because a group of random people is surveyed.

One should make sure that the decision a person takes is not purely random. A surveyor needs to take care of the biasing on the basis of sex, age group, financial situations etc,

The binomial experiment can be only applied to those situations where there is certainly success or failure. There should not be any third possibility.

Hence, a binomial distribution to make a decision is certainly $\boxed{\text{Success or Failure}}$ .